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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I add discussions or topics to a Lessons page?</h1></div>
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    <p>Instructors may add links to site activities (i.e., Assignments, Discussions, Test &amp; Quizzes) on Lessons pages. </p>
<p><em>Note: These links will automatically update to maintain links to published activities if you copy your course content to a new site, as long as you do not change the name of the activity. However, you will need to publish your activities in the new site for the links to become active. </em></p>
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    <p>If you titled your page something other than <em>Lessons</em>, select the title of the page as it appears in your Tool Menu.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Add Content, and then select Link to a Discussion or Topic.</h2>
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    <p>From the <strong>Add Content</strong> drop-down menu, select <strong>Link to a</strong> <strong>Forum or Topic</strong>.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select a forum or topic from the list of Existing Forums and Topics.</h2>
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    <p><em>Note: You can also select the <strong>Create new discussion or topic using Discussions </strong>link to create a new topic in the Discussions tool. See </em><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddanewtopic"><em>How do I add a new topic?</em></a><em> for more information.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Use Selected Item.</h2>
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    <p>The page will now display a link to the topic.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Add a description for the topic, and then click Update Item.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">View updated item. </h2>
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    <p>Updating returns the display to the Lessons page with a link to the topic and a description.</p>
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